1976 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	41 athletes from 27 countries
Competition location	Olympic pool
Competition phase	July 24-25, 1976
Winning time	49.99 s
Medalist  James Montgomery ( USA )  Jack Babashoff ( USA )  Peter Nocke ( FRG )

Swimming competitions at the 1976 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle	Men	Women
200 m freestyle	Men	Women
400 m freestyle	Men	Women
800 m freestyle		Women
1500 m freestyle	Men
100 m back	Men	Women
200 m back	Men	Women
100 m chest	Men	Women
200 m chest	Men	Women
100 m butterfly	Men	Women
200 m butterfly	Men	Women
400 m layers	Men	Women
4 × 100 m freestyle		Women
4 × 200 m freestyle	Men
4 × 100 m layers	Men	Women

The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal was held on July 24th and 25th. The American Mark Spitz started the race quickly and was already in the lead after 50 meters. With a new world record, he finally won his sixth gold medal at the Games. Silver went to his compatriot Jerry Heidenreich and bronze to Wladimir Bure from the Soviet Union.

Records

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.

World record	50.59 s	James Montgomery	Kansas City , United States	23rd August 1975
Olympic record	51.22 s	Mark Spitz	Munich , FR Germany	3rd September 1972

The following new records were set:

World record	50.39 s	James Montgomery	Semi-final 1
	49.99 s	James Montgomery	final

Results

Prelims

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Andrei Bogdanov	Soviet Union	53.23 s	q
2	Stefan Georgiev	Bulgaria	53.85 s
3	Roger Pyttel	GDR	53.93 s
4th	Dirk Braunleder	BR Germany	54.04 s
5	Jorge Comas	Spain	54.05 s
6th	Mark Crocker	Hong Kong	54.14 s
7th	Kozo Higuchi	Japan	54.67 s

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Marcello Guarducci	Italy	51.57 s	Q
2	Steve Pickell	Canada	52.65 s	Q
3	Martin Smith	Great Britain	53.17 s	Q
4th	René Écuyer	France	53.20 s	Q
5	Ramon Volcan	Venezuela	53.53 s
6th	Helmut Levy	Colombia	54.60 s
7th	Kris Sumono	Indonesia	55.50 s

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Klaus Steinbach	BR Germany	51.47 s	Q
2	Jack Babashoff	United States	51.53 s	Q
3	Jorge Delgado	Ecuador	53.91 s
4th	Neil Rogers	Australia	53.96 s
5	Paul Jouanneau	Brazil	54.49 s
6th	Campari Knoepffler	Nicaragua	58.48 s

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	51.81 s	Q
2	Andrei Krylov	Soviet Union	52.02 s	Q
3	Gary MacDonald	Canada	52.91 s	Q
4th	Svante Rasmuson	Sweden	53.20 s	Q
5	Glenn Patching	Australia	53.29 s
6th	Gerardo Rosario	Philippines	56.00 s

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Joe Bottom	United States	51.47 s	Q
2	Peter Nocke	BR Germany	51.59 s	Q
3	Bruce Robertson	Canada	53.37 s
4th	Peter Coughlan	Australia	53.49 s
5	Dan Larsson	Sweden	53.81 s
6th	Gianni Versari	Panama	54.11 s
7th	Steven Newkirk	American Virgin Islands	55.43 s

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	James Montgomery	United States	52.13 s	Q
2	Michel Rousseau	France	52.43 s	Q
3	Roberto Pangaro	Italy	53.05 s	Q
4th	Kevin Burns	Great Britain	53.23 s	q
5	Fritz Warncke	Norway	53.55 s
6th	Fernando Cañales	Puerto Rico	55.31 s
7th	José Pereira	Portugal	55.46 s
8th	Sigurdur Ólafsson	Iceland	56.01 s

Decision run for 16th place

Since two swimmers swam at the same time in their runs, there was a run-off for sixteenth place, which entitles them to participate in the semi-finals.

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Andrei Bogdanov	Soviet Union	52.82 s	Q
2	Kevin Burns	Great Britain	53.11 s

Semifinals

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	James Montgomery	United States	50.39 s	Q, WR
2	Marcello Guarducci	Italy	51.35 s	Q
3	Klaus Steinbach	BR Germany	51.62 s	Q
4th	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	51.93 s	Q
5	Roberto Pangaro	Italy	52.68 s
6th	Stephen Pickell	Canada	52.89 s
7th	René Ecuyer	France	52.92 s
8th	Andrei Bogdanov	Soviet Union	53.05 s

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Jack Babashoff	United States	51.46 s	Q
2	Peter Nocke	BR Germany	51.83 s	Q
3	Joe Bottom	United States	51.92 s	Q
4th	Andrei Krylov	Soviet Union	52.32 s	Q
5	Michel Rousseau	France	52.36 s
6th	Gary MacDonald	Canada	52.96 s
7th	Martin Smith	Great Britain	53.11 s
8th	Svante Rasmussen	Sweden	53.34 s

final

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	James Montgomery	United States	49.99 s	WR
2	Jack Babashoff	United States	50.81 s
3	Peter Nocke	BR Germany	51.31 s
4th	Klaus Steinbach	BR Germany	51.68 s
5	Marcello Guarducci	Italy	51.70 s
6th	Joe Bottom	United States	51.79 s
7th	Vladimir Bure	Soviet Union	52.03 s
8th	Andrei Krylov	Soviet Union	52.15 s

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